Are these flat worms?

[cam78]

So sorry for the quality, I just have no idea how to take clear close ups of my coral. There are these brown flat spots on my green shrooms and was wondering if they are worms, or anything that is bad for the coral. What should I do to get rid of them and what are they?
Also the other pics are just wat my tank looks like. The red blasto and the orange (like)shroom are ones I got to day. Any idea what kind of shrooms they are?

 

[coraljunky]

this is a flat worm

 

[dude23455]

They look like flat worms to me.
I would get an iodine dip. I use Tropic Marin Pro Coral cure. But there are others that you can use as well. I think Kent make a lugols solution.
Follow the directions on the packaging and dip your corals into the solution it makes. Should kill the flatworms quickly.

 

[cam78]

Is it ok to dip them if there is nothing wrong with them? I don't know if they are suppose to be there or not.

 

[dude23455]

Yes its ok. Dipping a healthy coral will do nothing to it as long as you follow the directions on the packaging and do not make the dip too strong.

 

[ridomart]

I think once you dip zoos you should toss the dip & mix new. I lost some corals that I diped after some zoos, I think it was the toxin from the zoos in the dip. I'm no expert though.

 

[cam78]

Should I dip all coral on a regular basis or just the ones I think are in some trouble?

 

[dude23455]

Only dip the ones that are showing signs of trouble. All that the dip does is kill parasites. So if there are no parasites then the dip does nothing.

 

[sudc]

Try salifert flatworm exit, for flatworms its much better than lugols or iodine,ime. Has always worked for me but just use it as a dip not in your tank.

 

[nyhcx516x]

Originally Posted by coraljunky
this is a flat worm
huh... i see those on my glass with some frequency.... im assuming they are bad? I dont have too many corals yet, and the ones I do have seem fine...
Im also assuming I can fins info aboout them in the disease section of this website?

 

[petjunkie]

The brown ones are bad if they overpolulate because they will smother the light from your corals and if there are too many and not enough food they die off and flatworms produce toxins when they die. White one mostly eat algea and pods, I've never had them reproduce like the brown ones.

 

[cam78]

So you guys think they are brown flat worms?

 

[peef]

In my own tank, I have noticed that the optimum appearance of several corals only occurs when good water movement is present. Yellow Leather corals from Tonga (Sarcophyton elegans) only "polyp out" when the current across their cap is strong. If inadequate water movement is present, they seem to mucous over more frequently in an attempt to remove the detritus that settles on their surface, or they develop brown spots where this detritus settles. The Finger Leather corals (Sinularia sp.) tend to orient themselves so as to maximize their exposure to the current. When the current is proper these corals take on a fuzzy appearance, while when it is inadequate, they look barren and are almost devoid of fully extended polyps

 

[cam78]

OK, they are definatly flat worms. I used some kind of Kent dip (brown bottle) but it didn't seem to kill them. Is there a dip just for these things?

 

[chattown clown]

How do you get rid of flat worms that are on the large rocks on the bottom of the pile? Getting them out for a dip would be a nightmare!